W. L. George Quotes

Feare nothing but sinne.

Life without a friend is death without a witnesse. [Life without a friend is death without a witness.]

The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.

He who has the pepper may season as he lists.

Good & quickly seldome meete.

Without businesse debauchery.

Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years after. [Who eats the king's goose voids the feathers a hundred years after.]

All things require skill but an appetite.

Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.

Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.

He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).

I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my neighbour white.

To write a verse or two is all the praise That I can raise.

Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.

Of a little thing a little displeaseth.

To buy deare is not bounty.

The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.

A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.

If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.

A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.

Every thing new is fine.

To the counsel of fools a wooden bell.

Give a clown your finger, and he will take your hand.

In every Art it is good to have a master. [In every art it is good to have a master.]

A City that parlies is half gotten. [A city that parleys is half gotten.]

Beate the dog before the Lyon.

Send not a Catt for Lard.

The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not ripe.

When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.

In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.

Gold opens all locks, no lock will hold against the power of gold.

For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.

That is gold which is worth gold.

Many, affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a dear fool for an hour.

He that is drunken * * * Is outlawed by himself; all kind of ill Did with his liquor slide into his veins.

Play not for gain, but sport. Who plays for more Than he can lose with pleasure, stakes his heart; Perhaps his wife's too, and whom she hath bore.

A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.

He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.

A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors. [A fat housekeeper makes lean executors.]

Humble Hearts have humble desires.

It is better to have wings then hornes.

From my conversations with Lance Armstrong and experiences with Lance and the team I am aware that Lance used blood transfusions from 2001 through 2005.

Consider carefully before you say a hard word to a man, but never let a chance to say a good one go by. Praise judiciously bestowed is money invested.

There is one excuse for every mistake a man can make, but only one. When a fellow makes the same mistake twice he's got to throw up both hands and own up to carelessness or cussedness.

Wit, without wisdom, is salt without meat; and that is but a comfortless dish to set a hungry man down to.

The true end of Art is not to imitate a fixed material condition, but to represent a living motion.

I had a great interest in sports. I had three older brothers who were great athletes. I was not.

I got a job with a law firm in Portland after a couple of years with Senator Muskie. But by then, my interest in politics had been sparked, through meeting Senator Muskie, through seeing what he did.

I have yet to find a man worth his salt in any direction who did not think of himself first and foremost.

Maybe that's what is crazy: to want to be free. A lot of people wouldn't cross the street for it.